Washing-machine.



PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

I. L. ANDERSON. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 1123.18. 1907.

THE NORRIS PETERS co., wnsmuarzm. u. c.

IRVING L. ANDERSON, OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON.

WASHING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed February 18, 1907. $eria1 N0. 358,070.

To all udzmn. it may com-rm.-

lie it known that I, lnvrNo L. ANnnnsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Edmonds, in the county of Snohomish and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WashingJla chines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of washingmachine, which embodies a revoluble drum, with improved means forholding the clothes on the periphery of the drum, together with seriesof rubbers that are adapted to rest loosely on the clothes on theperiphery of the drum and effectively rub the same as the drum isrevolved.

The invention also consists in certain constructions and arrangements ofparts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, i n which:

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved washing machine, the lidbeing shown in open position; Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the lidopen Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. l is a detailperspective view of one of the rubb rs detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription, and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the sauureference characters.

Within'the framework 1 of my improved washing machine, is mounted 21.preferably sheet metal trough or tank 2 and a transversely corrugateddrum 3 is mounted within said trough upon a shaft l, journaled in theside sills of the framework, one end of said shaft extending over into aframe extension l and carrying a gear wheel 5 meshing with a pinion 6.The pinion 6 is mounted on the driving shaft of a water meter 8, whichis mounted within the framework ex tension and which is supplied withmotive fluid by lncuns of a nozzle 9. The drum 3 is provided with twocircular heads 10, of larger diameter than its main body portion orperiphery and arched bars 11 extend transversely from head to head andare provided with outwardly bent extremities by which they are pivotally connected to the heads. The arched bars 11 are adapted to holdthe clothes on the corrugated periphery of the drum ii, and it is forthis purpose that they are pivoted to fold down to a greater or lessextent upon the drum or upon the clothes held thereon.

The lid or top 12 of the machine is also preferably of sheet metal, likethe stationary portion of the trough which it is designed to cover andit is hinged at one edge as shown and is provided at its hinged edge andat its opposite end with transversely extending rods 13. On each of therods 13 a series of independent and ireely movable corrugated rubbers 14is swung, said rubbers being corrugated transversely as shown, orotherwise roughened and being all prelerably mounted at one end withtheir other ends free in the practical operation of the device. Each ofthe rubbers is reversely curved on its rubbing face as shown, thegrooves extending in a longitudinal direction. Each rubber is providedat its free end with a loop 15 and cords 16 pass through the loops ofthe respective series and also through openings 17 in the sides of thelid 12. By this means, the rubbers may be raised and held up within thelid when the lid is swung back and is being again swung down to a closedposition over the trough, while in the practical operation of themachine, these cords are loosened so as to let the rubbers rest by theirown weight upon the clothes and effectively rub them and cleanse themduring the rotation of the drum.

The two series of corrugated rubbers 14 that are suspended from withinthe lid or top 12 of the machine, OX- tend towards each other, as shown,that is, the normally free ends of one series extends towards thenormally free ends of the other series, a space being provided betweenthe free ends of both series, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. i

While I have shown a water meter embodied in the construction of myimproved washing machine, for the purpose of operating the same, it isto be understood that my invention is not limited thereto as I may runthe machine by any power, either mechanical or hand.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A washing machine, comprising a trough, a drum mount ed to rotate insaid trough, means for rotating said drum, a lid for the trough, twoseries of rubbers pivotally mounted in the lid, the rubbers of eachseries extending towards the rubbers of the other series and the rubbersof each series bein arranged side by side, each rubber being provided atits free end with a loop, and independent cords, one of which is passedthrough the loops of one series of rubbers and the other passed throughthe loops of the other series of rubbers, as and for .the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I athx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRVING L. ANDERSON. [L. 5.]

